An academic group that traces its roots to opposition to the Iraq war is pushing to formally rebuke Israel.
Historians Against the War is circulating a resolution for next month’s American Historical Association meeting in Atlanta, described as advocating “protecting the right to education in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
The group tried the same thing last year, but because it submitted the resolutions too late, the actual vote (which failed) was on whether to suspend the rules to consider the resolutions.
The new resolution does not explicitly mention the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. It focuses on “Israel’s restrictions on the movement of faculty, staff and visitors in the West Bank,” says Israel “routinely refuses” to let Gaza students travel abroad, and blames Israel for attacking “fourteen institutions of higher learning” during the Gaza conflict in summer 2014.
The antiwar historians want Israeli policies reversed, “including denial of entry of foreign nationals seeking to participate in educational programs,” as well as end to Israeli “raids on campuses.” If approved, the association would pledge to “monitor Israeli actions that restrict the right to education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”
The group released a report in September on such impediments to education. Its resolution has just under 150 signers as of Tuesday night.
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